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GDT - Game #35: Red Wings at Stars (3:00)

by Jeff OKWingnut on 12/19/09 at 09:30 AM ET
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After weeks of intense contract negotions, addressing issues including, but not limited to, the assumption of liability and the payment of fees and costs; the principals at the Empire and at their subisidiary, A2Y, have decreed that it is time to reinstitute the GDT(!)  The main objective of the GDT, as in seasons past, being the sharing of useful and relevant statistical information (juvenilicousness abounding at A2Y, stats, not so much).  However, this season the GDT will also be partially devoted to exorcising the Red Wing injury plague, any and all suggestions will be considered; but the volunteer of such suggestion agrees to assume sole liability for the same, and to hold harmless the author of the GDT from any and all adverse consequences which may be forthcoming from members of the “19” should such suggestion backfire.

Feel like a number?

Standings:

DET:  34 GP,  18-11-5, 41 pts (8 in Conf, 3 in Central), 95 GF, 89 GA, Last 10 7-2-1, Streak Won 4

DAL:  34 GP, 14-9-11, 39 pts (9 in Conf, 4 in Pacific), 101 GF, 105 GA, Last 10 3-3-4, Streak Lost 1

Stats (rank):

DET:  .603 point% (12), 2.71 g/g (20), 2.53 ga/g (8),  0.92 5-5 f/a (22), 19.2 pp (15), 81.2 pk (15), 33.6 s/g (2), 28.1 sa/g (8), 52.3 fo% (5).

DAL:  .574 point% (15), 2.91 g/g (7), 2.88 ga/g (20), 0.95 5-5 f/a (17), 20.9 pp (10), 77.2 pk (27), 32.4 s/g (5), 30.1 sa/g (14), 47.4 fo% (27).

Player Stats:
DET Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- 
C Henrik Zetterberg 34 10 22 32 5
C Pavel Datsyuk 32 7 18 25 4
RW Todd Bertuzzi 34 9 9 18 -5
RW Tomas Holmstrom 34 12 6 18 2
RW Danny Cleary 30 7 9 16 -8
D Brian Rafalski 31 2 12 14 5
D Niklas Kronwall 21 5 8 13 3
C Kris Draper 33 6 6 12 6
D Nicklas Lidstrom 34 1 11 12 9
RW Patrick Eaves 24 4 6 10 8
D Jonathan Ericsson 31 3 7 10 -7
C Darren Helm 27 3 5 8 1
D Brad Stuart 34 2 6 8 -3
RW Jason Williams 15 2 5 7 -5
LW Justin Abdelkader 31 3 3 6 0
C Valtteri Filppula 11 2 4 6 -6
D Brett Lebda 31 1 5 6 -1
LW Ville Leino 31 3 3 6 -7
LW Drew Miller 32 4 2 6 3
LW Kirk Maltby 26 3 2 5 1
RW Johan Franzen 3 1 1 2 0
LW Brad May 23 0 1 1 -3
D Derek Meech 18 1 0 1 -3
C Kris Newbury 2 1 0 1 1
D Doug Janik 2 0 0 0 1
D * Jakub Kindl 2 0 0 0 -2

DET Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Jimmy Howard 19, 11-6-1, 2.27, .920
Chris Osgood 17,  7-5-4, 2.70, .900

DAL Skaters:
POS Player GP G A PTS +/- 
C Brad Richards 32 10 27 37 -1
RW Loui Eriksson 34 11 19 30 5
C Mike Ribeiro 34 9 19 28 -3
LW James Neal 30 14 13 27 4
LW Brenden Morrow 34 13 10 23 1
D Stephane Robidas 34 9 13 22 2
LW * Jamie Benn 34 6 11 17 -2
C Mike Modano 21 5 8 13 0
C Tom Wandell 34 4 7 11 0
C Steve Ott 28 4 5 9 -11
D Matt Niskanen 32 1 7 8 -10
LW Fabian Brunnstrom 22 1 6 7 -3
D Trevor Daley 33 1 4 5 -4
RW Jere Lehtinen 20 2 3 5 -4
D Karlis Skrastins 32 0 5 5 -8
C Brian Sutherby 19 4 1 5 5
D Mark Fistric 30 1 3 4 6 14 0
D Nicklas Grossman 32 0 4 4 6
C Toby Petersen 30 3 1 4 -2
RW Krys Barch 26 0 2 2 -1
C Warren Peters 2 1 0 1 1
D Jeff Woywitka 14 0 1 1 -2
C Aaron Gagnon 1 0 0 0 0
C * Perttu Lindgren 1 0 0 0 0
D Ivan Vishnevskiy 1 0 0 0 -1
LW * Francis Wathier 2 0 0 0 0

DAL Goalies:
Player GPI W L OT GAA PCT
Marty Turco 25, 10 7 8,  2.59, .912
Alex Auld 11,  4 2 3,  3.16, .892

Injury Report:
DET:
Dan Cleary (LW/RW) Shoulder injury (Mid-January)
Jason Williams (RW/C) Broken fibula (Mid-January)
Henrik Zetterberg (C/LW) Separated left shoulder (Early January)
Niklas Kronwall (D) Sprained left MCL (Sidelined indefinitely)
Andreas Lilja (D) Concussion (Sidelined indefinitely)
Valtteri Filppula (C/LW) Broken right wrist (Late December)
Jonathan Ericsson (D) Left knee injury (Sidelined indefinitely)
Johan Franzen (LW/RW) Left knee surgery (Mid-February)
Darren Helm (C/LW) Wrist injury (Day to day)

DAL:
Trevor Daley (D) Upper body injury (Day to day)
Mark Fistric (D) Concussion (Day to day)

HOT and NOT:
DET: Hot:
Brian Rafalski (D) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Drew Miller (W/C) 4 pts in last 3 GP
Todd Bertuzzi (LW/RW) 5 pts in last 4 GP
Patrick Eaves (RW/LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Pavel Datsyuk (C/LW) 4 pts in last 4 GP
Jimmy Howard (G) 2-0-0, 1.00, .968 in last 2 GPI

DET: Not Hot:
Nicklas Lidstrom (D) 1 pts in last 5 GP
Tomas Holmstrom (LW/RW) 2 pts in last 6 GP

DAL: Hot:
Stephane Robidas (D) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Mike Ribeiro (C) 4 pts in last 2 GP
Loui Eriksson (RW) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Mike Modano (C) 3 pts in last 2 GP
Jere Lehtinen (RW) 3 pts in last 3 GP
Brenden Morrow (LW) 2 pts in last 2 GP
Steve Ott (LW/Rw) 2 pts in last 2 GP

DAL: Not Hot:
Matt Niskanen (D) 0 pts in last 11 GP
Marty Turco (G) 0-1-1, 4.83, .816 in last 2 GPI
Alex Auld (G) 0-0-1, 3.07, .881 in last 2 GPI

Khan(!) tells us that Jimmah is starting this afternoon, and Helm returns:

Detroit Red Wings center Darren Helm practiced Friday and will return to the lineup for Saturday’s game in Dallas. . .

Henrik Zetterberg’s shoulder injury has prompted coach Mike Babcock to move Justin Abdelkader to line with Ville Leino and Patrick Eaves.

Here are the lines they’ll use for Saturday’s game, at least at the start:

Bertuzzi-Datsyuk-Holmstrom
Leino-Abdelkader-Eaves
Draper-Helm-Miller
May-Newbury-Maltby

They rotated the defense freely and expect to use several different combinations.

Babcock said Jimmy Howard, coming off his first career shutout, will start against the Stars and Chris Osgood will start Sunday in Chicago.

More from Khan(!) on the ridiculous, insane, curse; and a surprising by-product:

Coach Mike Babcock’s message to the team has not changed: Do not dwell on who is out, work with what you have.

“Someone wrote the other day that I think (the injured players) are dead; that’s not what I think at all,” Babcock said. “I just think there’s nothing we can do about it, so let’s just keep keeping on.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. You got to knock on wood, you got to hope that we’re going to be healthy and get a chance to get playing like we’re capable of playing. But in the meantime, we just got to grind it out and find a way to win games.”

Through the adversity, the Red Wings are showing some positive signs. They have allowed only eight goals in their past six games, climbing to eighth in the NHL in goals-against average (2.49).

They have killed 36 of their past 37 shorthanded situations to move up to 14th in penalty-killing. Goaltender Jimmy Howard, who will start Saturday, is 10-4 in his past 14 games, moving up to eighth in the league in goals-against average (2.27).

From the CBC.ca:

Jimmy Howard’s 11 wins are the most in the league among rookie goalies.

Dallas is on a 1-1-4 stretch and continues to struggled in games that go beyond regulation, going 4-11 while dropping seven of nine games via shootouts.

Mike Heika, Dallas Morning News tells us that DET’s favorite whipping boy is in net today, apparently ATL whips on him too (see below):

The Stars and Wings have split two games in Detroit this season. ... Marty Turco will start in goal for the Stars. He is 5-12-5 lifetime against the Red Wings. ... The Stars are 6-2-11 in one-goal games. ... Despite all of the injuries, the Red Wings have won four straight, including two in overtime. Goalie Jimmy Howard has allowed six goals in his last five games.

Five for Fighting, Fort Worth Star Telegram, after the Stars 6-5 loss to ATL:

The Stars allowed three power play goals for the second game in a row. They had spotty goaltending, as Alex Auld was pulled after allowing three goals on 15 shots, and Marty Turco then allowed three goals on 10 shots. . .  But the bottom line is this Stars team finds new and frustrating ways to lose games every night. They now are 14-9-11, including 1-1-4 in their last six games. While that might look like .500 hockey, it feels like 1-5 hockey. And it seems very clear the team is frustrated and looking for an identity.

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